Where: Colorado (38.9° N, 105.3° W: paleocoordinates 40.4° N, 97.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Florissant Formation, Chadronian (37.2 - 33.9 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine - large; lithified, diatomaceous shale

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: adpression

Reposited in the UCM

Primary reference: H. F. Wickham. 1911. Fossil Coleoptera from Florissant, with descriptions of several new species. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 30:53-69 [C. Labandeira/C. Labandeira/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 129630: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 26.06.2012

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